How to Nominate for the Lush Prize

Do you want to make a nomination for the Lush Prize, the global initiative aiming to bring forward the day when safety testing takes place without the use of animals?

Perhaps you are a campaign organisation raising awareness about animal experiments? Or a scientist developing non-animal testing methods? A young researcher requiring financial support or recognition for your efforts to avoid animal use?

The Lush Prize focuses pressure on toxicity testing for consumer products and ingredients, in a way which complements the many projects already addressing the use of animals in medical testing.

Young Researcher – young scientists (up to 35 years at the time of application) with a desire to fund the next stage of a career focussed on an animal-test free future

Black Box – offers, in any one year, the full £250,000 Lush Prize fund for a key breakthrough in human toxicity pathways research (this award is at the discretion of the Lush Prize organisers and Judges rather than nominations)

Making a nomination is easy:

First of all, think about your project / team / individual – does it match what the Lush Prize is about? Does it conduct outstanding work to end animal testing, particularly in toxicology / safety testing?

Which category of award does your nomination fit into? For example, a campaign group persuading companies to stop testing cosmetics on animals should be nominated for the Public Awareness award

In the About the Prizes section of the website click on the relevant award category. Here you will find some information about the category and the sorts of work that are eligible

Write a draft nomination first and think about the kinds of work carried out and how they fit in with the Prize. Give specific examples of work and outcomes and dates. It is this evidence which the Lush Prize Team rely on during shortlisting of nominations. The work should have been conducted in the previous 12-18 months, except for Young Researchers which includes proposed work which the Prize money can fund

The Lush Prize focusses on the 1R of replacement rather than reducing or refining animal experiments, so ensure the project you nominate fits this criteria